Season 8 (1990–1991)
| Ep. | No. | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149 | "A Family Affair (Part 1)" | Jim Drake | Chris Cluess, Stu Kreisman |
September 28, 1990 | 186931 |
| Christine comes back from having her baby and has to deal with the shadow of her replacement, good 'ole Ted. Harry tries to avoid the tutor arranged to help him pass a crucial high school history test. Meanwhile Dan's sister comes to visit, and Dan asks Bull to take her out to see the sights of New York, unaware that his baby sister is a chip off the old Fielding block. | ||||||
| 2 | 150 | "A Family Affair (Part 2)" | Jim Drake | Chris Cluess, Stu Kreisman |
October 5, 1990 | 186932 |
| Dan learns that Bull slept with his visiting sister. | ||||||
| 3 | 151 | "When Harry Met Margaret" | Jim Drake | Benjy Compson | October 12, 1990 | 186933 |
| Harry's first date with Margaret Turner (Mary Cadorette), the new court reporter, turns into a disaster when he follows Dan's advice. | ||||||
| 4 | 152 | "Can't Buy Me Love" | Jim Drake | Elaine Aronson | October 19, 1990 | 186934 |
| Dan is thrilled when he offers himself as a prize at a bachelor auction, until he sees the lecherous old woman who bids highest for him; and Christine is beginning to have doubts about her marriage to Tony. | ||||||
| 5 | 153 | "Death Takes a Halloween" | Jim Drake | Harry Anderson | October 26, 1990 | 186936 |
| On Halloween, Harry locks up a defendant known as the Spirit of Death (Stephen Root), and people, including next scheduled victim Dan, stop dying. | ||||||
| 6 | 154 | "Crossroads (Part 1)" | Jim Drake | Bob Underwood | November 2, 1990 | 186937 |
| When the staff is quarantined for the night, they spend the hours reminiscing about turning points in their lives. | ||||||
| 7 | 155 | "Crossroads (Part 2)" | Jim Drake | Bob Underwood | November 2, 1990 | 186938 |
| See Part 1, above. | ||||||
| 8 | 156 | "Day Court" | Jim Drake | Kevin Kelton | November 9, 1990 | 186935 |
| Roz surprises everyone by becoming unbearably perky when the staff is temporarily assigned to daytime hours, and Christine decides she must totally change her personality to hang onto Tony and her marriage. | ||||||
| 9 | 157 | "A Night Court at the Opera" | Jim Drake | Jim Pond, Bill Fuller |
November 16, 1990 | 186940 |
| Dan tries to win over Margaret during a night at the opera and Bull acquires disciples convinced that he's their god. | ||||||
| 10 | 158 | "Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore" | Hoard Ritter | Fred Rubin | November 23, 1990 | 186939 |
| Harry has to summon the courage to face a bully from his childhood who is brought before him in court, and Christine searches high and low for the perfect nanny. | ||||||
| 11 | 159 | "Jail Bait" | Christine Ballard | Nancylee Myatt | December 7, 1990 | 186941 |
| A street artist helps raise Christine's spirits, and Mac and Dan indulge a passion for photography. | ||||||
| 12 | 160 | "It's Just a Joke" | Howard Ritter | Lee Maddux | December 14, 1990 | 186942 |
| Everyone gets their two cents in when a comic's offensive routine sparks a First Amendment debate. | ||||||
| 13 | 161 | "Bringing Down Baby" | Charles Robinson, Howard Ritter |
Elaine Aronson | January 4, 1991 | 186943 |
| Roz loses yet another battle with courtesy and tact when she tells off the mother of an obnoxious child star shooting a TV pilot in the courtroom. | ||||||
| 14 | 162 | "Presumed Insolvent" | Jim Drake | Kevin Kelton | January 23, 1991 | 186944 |
| Dan looks at Phil the wino in a whole new light when the bum rescues a defendant left penniless by the S&L crisis. | ||||||
| 15 | 163 | "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" | Jim Drake | Jim Pond, Bill Fuller |
January 30, 1991 | 186945 |
| Dan anticipates a windfall from Phil the wino's will but gets a surprise instead. Bull anxiously awaits a visit from his mother, an old salt due to retire from the sea and come live with sonny boy. | ||||||
| 16 | 164 | "Attachments Included" | Jim Drake | Fred Rubin | February 6, 1991 | 186946 |
| Christine finds herself tense over finalizing her divorce, Harry is nervous about moving in with Margaret, and Bull follows his mother's advice and looks for a wife — with the help of a matchmaker. | ||||||
| 17 | 165 | "Alone Again, Naturally" | Tim Steele | Alison Rosenfeld-Desmarais | February 13, 1991 | 186947 |
| Harry gets a wealth of conflicting advice when he confides in his friends that he thinks Margaret is about to propose marriage. | ||||||
| 18 | 166 | "Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life... Sorta" | Jim Drake | Chris Cluess, Stu Kreisman |
February 27, 1991 | 186948 |
| An angel appears in the guise of Mel Tormé to show Harry how dismal the courtroom would be if he'd never been born, especially with Dan as the corrupt judge in charge. | ||||||
| 19 | 167 | "To Sleep, No More" | Jim Drake | Bob Underwood, Tom Abraham, Mike Underwood |
March 6, 1991 | 186947 |
| Dan suffers all the pangs of a guilty conscience over misuse of the Phil Foundation funds. Bull tries out a toupee, the Shatner 2000. Bert Parks appears as himself. | ||||||
| 20 | 168 | "With a Little Help From My Friends" | Kevin Sullivan | Nancylee Myatt | March 13, 1991 | 186949 |
| Roz tries Christine's "happy therapy" and sets the group back several months and Jack's son finally admits to himself and his dad that running the newsstand isn't for him. | ||||||
| 21 | 169 | "Mac Takes a Vocation" | Jim Drake | Fred Rubin | March 20, 1991 | 186950 |
| Harry gets riled when a Supreme Court judge woos Mac away to serve as a vote-getting token on his staff and Dan hires an English valet in an attempt to replace Phil. | ||||||
| 22 | 170 | "Harry's Fifteen Minutes" | Jim Drake | Jim Pond, Bill Fuller |
April 3, 1991 | 186951 |
| Harry lets an article naming him one of New York's 10 most interesting men go to his head, and he disappoints Christine by fibbing to get out of a date. Dan tries to live up to his responsibilities as head of the Phil Foundation. | ||||||
| 23 | 171 | "Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (Part 1)" | Jim Drake | Elaine Aronson | May 1, 1991 | 186952 |
| Harry experiences some very mixed emotions when Tony tries to win Christine back, and the transformed Dan gets some help in running the Phil Foundation, from Phil's twin brother Will. | ||||||
| 24 | 172 | "Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (Part 2)" | Jim Drake | Kevin Kelton | May 8, 1991 | 186953 |
| See Part 1, above. |
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